[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:jingle-bells":3},"title: Jingle Bells\nsubtitle: Christmas (solos on the chorus and the vamp)\ncomposer: James Lord Pierpont\nstyle: Christmas\nkey: F\nform: BBC, 24 bars\nrecording: Ella Fitzgerald; Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas; Verve; 1960\nyoutube: DUyxx4Hsjeg\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; F\n# recording: recorded July–August 1960, Ella Fitzgerald with Frank DeVol's orchestra, Verve MG V-4042; carol (1857) → a judgement pick: the best-known jazz reading, over Duke Ellington's 1962 Columbia single (Wikipedia, Discogs); video: Ella Fitzgerald's official channel (EllaFitzgeraldVEVO), from the album, the same take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n# the 16-bar verse (F | Bb | C7 | F …) is left out\n\nsection: B1\n1 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Eb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n3 | D7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Db7\n3 | Db7      # V7\u002Fbii in F: b9 and #11 are in the key\n4 | F#m7     # ii of B7: Dorian\n4 | B7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to BbMaj7\n5 | BbMaj7   # the B7 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n6 | Eb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n7 | D7       # extended dominant: V7 of G7\n7 | G7       # II7 in F, not resolving: natural tensions\n8 | Db7      # extended dominant: V7 of Gb7\n8 | Gb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to FMaj7\n\nsection: B2\n1 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Eb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n3 | D7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Db7\n3 | Db7      # V7\u002Fbii in F: b9 and #11 are in the key\n4 | F#m7     # ii of B7: Dorian\n4 | B7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to BbMaj7\n5 | BbMaj7   # the B7 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n5 | Eb7      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n6 | D7       # extended dominant: V7 of G7\n6 | G7       # II7 in F, not resolving: natural tensions\n7 | Gm7      # ii of the ii–V to F\n7 | C7       # V7 of F: natural tensions\n8 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n\nsection: C\n1 | Gm7\u002FC    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n2 | FMaj7\u002FC  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | Gm7\u002FC    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n4 | FMaj7\u002FC  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5 | Gm7\u002FC    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n6 | FMaj7\u002FC  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7 | Gm7\u002FC    # static sus: Mixolydian\n8 | Gb7\u002FC    # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to FMaj7\n",1793484800537]